Health Care Directive

The Health Care Directive is a critical document to have because it allows someone you trust to make healthcare decisions on your behalf. Few, if any, hospitals will take on the responsibility of determining your healthcare decisions for you. Therefore, you must have a Health Care Directive document in place to protect your medical rights. The Health Care Directive helps your doctors determine when life-supporting measures should continue or stop. If your wish is to not use life-sustaining measures, this can be communicated to your health care provider by your Health Care Directive agent.

You can appoint almost any adult to be your Health Care Directive agent. You can choose a member of your family such as your spouse or an adult child, a friend, or someone else you trust. You can also appoint one or more people in case the person you select as your Health Care Directive agent is unavailable or unwilling to make a decision. It is important that you talk to the people you plan to appoint to make sure they understand your wishes and agree to accept this responsibility.

The person you appoint as your Health Care Directive agent has no authority to make decisions for you until you are unable to make those decisions yourself. When you become incapacitated, this person must make decisions that are consistent with any instructions you have written in the Health Care Directive.

Our Health Care Directive can protect your wishes should something happen to you. We can help you with your Health Care Directive by calling us at (866) TRUST-99 or by filling out our secure contact form for your free consultation.